Abasár
Encyclopedia
Abasár is a village
(population 2,593) in Heves county in Hungary
, situated near Gyöngyös
in the foothills of the Mátra
mountains. It was founded as Saár (literally "mud", later Sár) in 1261, and later took the prefix Aba from the Aba clan
. To the west of the village is the Sár-hegy (Sár Hill), a national nature reserve.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
(population 2,593) in Heves county in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, situated near Gyöngyös
Gyöngyös
Gyöngyös is a city in Heves county in Hungary, east of Budapest. Situated at the foot of the Sár-hegy and Mátra mountains, it is the home of numerous food production plants, including milk production and sausage factories...
in the foothills of the Mátra
Mátra
Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range....
mountains. It was founded as Saár (literally "mud", later Sár) in 1261, and later took the prefix Aba from the Aba clan
Aba (family)
Aba is the name of a Genus Aba in the Kingdom of Hungary. Their ancestors may have been among the tribal leaders of the Kabars...
. To the west of the village is the Sár-hegy (Sár Hill), a national nature reserve.